The Andrews Family · Book Two

Monkeys Know More

The Fight for the Family

By Rev. Thomas Andrufski

Continues No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Best read in order.

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Five grown children. A family worth fighting for.

Their parents taught them how to be a family. Now they must choose to remain one.

After burying their mother, the five Andrews siblings face a question none of them can answer alone: How do they hold their family together when the people who first held them together are gone?

Gideon has carried responsibility since childhood, but military service has left wounds his family cannot always see. David wants another chance with the wife and children he betrayed, knowing that rebuilding trust will take far more than an apology. Jonah loves God, yet the hurts of ministry have made him wonder how much longer he can keep going.

Essie sees beauty worth saving—in her paintings and in the people she loves. Her home becomes a place where her brothers and sister can find their footing again. And Miri, pursuing a modeling career in New York, discovers how easily a world that admires beauty can hurt the person behind it.

Watching over them is the family angel who has known them since their parents’ wedding day. Through his eyes, readers glimpse the unseen battles surrounding ordinary lives and the faithful care of God amid circumstances they cannot always understand.

Yet there is still laughter around the Andrews family table. Children have questions nobody knows how to answer. An artist’s husband produces drawings that require considerable explanation. Old stories find new listeners, and small acts of kindness give wounded hearts another reason to hope.

Illustrated with family portraits and artwork woven into Essie’s story, Monkeys Know More: The Fight for the Family follows five grown siblings learning that love requires more than shared memories. It means answering the phone, making room at the table, telling the truth, and staying beside someone when healing takes longer than anyone expected.

A heartfelt Christian family novel about forgiveness, the hope of heaven, and the everyday decision to keep loving one another.